mj monaghan

9 Author Photos – Take Your Pick

mj monaghan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:17:14 +0000

Hardcover and paperback books take rest on book shelves throughout the house. Sleepy parchment, dressed with ink, beckons readers to open their pages. Seldom is a book picked back up after reading it once. Their sad tops dusted periodically like idle chatskies. Solitary souls, though they be, they still have a comfort and warmth like infrequently [...]

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Twitter Hashtags – What & How

mj monaghan — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:01:24 +0000

DO YOU “HASHTAG” OR JUST TWEET? In a recent post, we looked at Twitter as a social media tool for writers: Social Media – Twitter & Writing. Since we looked at some of the basics already, let’s dig a little deeper and talk about Twitter “hashtags.” By sending tweets without hashtags, it’s much more difficult for [...]

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Holy Starbucks – A Babyccino?!

mj monaghan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:28:35 +0000

It’s Saturday morning, and you’re longing for that double-soy-latte-triple-pump-espresso, frothed, at your local Starbucks, Tim Horton’s (eh), or Peet’s. Of course, as is typical, the line is out-the-door – full of boomer couples; hipsters with kids in tow; and the single, size 0 women, with “PINK” splashed across their skinny butts. As you make your [...]

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I’ve Moved to WordPress.org!

mj monaghan — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:36:56 +0000

Well, I’ve taken the plunge! After a few months of blogging on WordPress.com, I’ve made the move to WordPress.org. I knew this painful (okay it wasn’t that bad) day would come eventually. It took a while to get everything boxed up, the garage and attic cleaned out, and then sweep up the files before the [...]

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Social Media – Twitter and Writing

mj monaghan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:22:30 +0000

Remember the scene in Star Wars where Han Solo is trying to escape the bad guys in his Millennium Falcon by putting the ship into hyper-space (I think that’s the right word)? Individual stars are quite visible around them, and then all-of-a-sudden he punches the accelerator-thingy and off they go – stars surrounding the ship, [...]

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